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Times I had heard were roughly: Los Lobos 8pm Neil & Horse 9pm Over @ 11pm

Don't know what else to add from what was said here already about the show. Most importantly a huge THANK YOU to BONES for helping me out with a ticket. I owe ya one! Met up with an old deadhead/online buddy from the mid 90s preshow and got caught-up over a couple of beers. I was really impressed with the turnout, happy faces, old and young, that were milling about outside the Opera House. I really didn't know if there was enough of an active scene to bring out these numbers. As edger said, the energy was palpable and I can't recall having as much fun at the Opera House ever. Opera House security were noticeably more respectful of the crowd and were much more laid-back than usual. It didn't seem like anyone was over-stepping their bounds either. Set break was fantastic outside to cool off a bit from the heat generated in that LOOOOONG first set Stuck around after the show and then went to that pub where Caution Jam (well, two of 'em) were and was able to catch-up with my old friend Rob Eaton. He said they loved performing in Toronto and were pleased with the energy of the crowd. Promises were made to return at least once a year north of the border. We reminisced of our old online community (Section 7 on Rocknet/Compuserve) and his pre-DSO band Border Legion and the fun at those shows. I was beat and had to be up for work the next day so I said my goodbyes and that was it. That show totally recharged my GD batteries. People clan slag DSO for being a cover band or whatever, but I'll take 'em any day and hope they have continued success and play for many more years to come. Thanks again bones, DSO, Grateful Dead, etc. F-U Rhianna Here's an enjoyable read with some mention of Rob and DSO in it: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/26/121126fa_fact_paumgarten?currentPage=1

Tonight's The Night .... doo doo de doo .... Tonight's The Ni ii ii ii iight Killer reviews of tour so far. Los Lobos opening. Neil in Toronto. CRAZY HORSE. GA Floor tix. Oh Yeah. I'm out at 4:15ish. Heading over to the Loose Moose on Front Street for some beers, etc. with a couple of buddies. Anyone else going tonight??? Listening to Psychedelic Pill ... listening to more Neil ... not getting much work done.

I'd be at the Toronto show in a heartbeat, but I'll be in Pittsburgh instead. When they toured it in '96 it didn't sell well either. Didn't matter to me, just more room in the venue. Then, in Buffalo, the upper bowl was a quarter full at most. Great show. I miss The Ox

Can't wait to see them thump Failrell and the Red Sox next season.

I thought it was show starts at 9pm. Argh. Have your phone on vibrate for the ticket exchange

Thang Q

Right on. I'll have to see what's up. I have tix in my jazz subscription to Massey Hall that night. I'd rather see Sisters Euclid than Molly Johnson and Friends

Why do bands not make their pages PUBLIC!! I'm not registering with FB to find out where the second GD cover band is playing tonight :bonghit:

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Hi Ollie, I got my deal through customer retention/loyalty dept. Some deals are offered to new customers, others to ones who've been around a while. What I found from reading through that forum is that all the providers have deals to match against one another. Don't go for the first offer. Always be courteous and ask if they can't help you out a bit more since you've already researched what other companies are offering and what your colleagues are getting. You don't always get it the first try. If you see a promo plan written about, ask for it when you call up. I think mine was called FAB10 60. The rep then added more "bonuses" to the plan (when talking to others they wouldn't). There should be plenty of good promotions with the Xmas season here. Work 'em all and see what you can get for yourself, but know what you WANT and NEED before going in. As always, if you lock in for a 3-year deal you save money on the hardware, but then have a tough time leaving or cutting out early. It's a maddening f'in industry for the customers to have to deal with, but the more you know, the better you'll do.

This brings huge amounts of hope and excitement about the possibilities for next season. GO JAYS GO

Looking for 1 ticket ... anyone? Bueller?

Seriously do a bunch of reading on that link that i posted above. You can get answers from people who work on the inside of some of the companies and get the best advice as to when and how to secure the best deal. I know that last year around xmas that Wind had some super "Miracle" plans.

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I've known people who've had some problems with Wind and Mobilicity as their networks suffer growing pains. I was very close to switching to WIND with their simple pricing and low prices. That week I had some friends over to my house and neither of their WIND phones could get reception on the network. They said it happens frequently. As soon as you're off their network you are roaming on Bell or Rogers (+$) The big carriers have started to drop their prices and you just have to shop smart for your plan. I suggest doing some research on the threads on this site; http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php/317-Canadian-Carrier-Discussion I was able to stick with Bell and my SIII is loaded to the tits with all the bells and whistles for a flat $60. I'm not getting overage charges on anything. Fab 10 Promo 60 6GB 36M 200 minutes Unlimited incoming Unlimited nights (6 p.m. - 7 a.m.) and weekends (6 p.m. Friday - 7 a.m. Monday) Unl. nationwide member talking National Fab 10 - Text & Talk Text Messaging - Unlimited Package Unlimited Picture and Video Messaging Email & Internet 6GB Share Mobile TV Conference Calling & Call Waiting VM/CD Good luck.

Eggselent. The guy who runs the place is super cool. Reserving spots at the tables ahead of time is a good idea too. Think jaybone will be up for it too? Could be a mini-Oakville-skank-festivus gathering :bonghit:

Oh Yeah ! Great little room with some tasty beers/food. I'm in for the 21st ... not sure about the Nov date.

Nope. Would not buy. If actual team logos were on the prints I bet they'd sell, but the NHL would want to big a cut to make them affordable (and they'd still be ugly).

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Bummer as well since i was contemplating bringing my boy to the show since it was all ages and would have had some extra room at the Danforth. I won't take him to the Opera House

Wha? Downsize venue and sell out? Why did it move in the first place if tix were selling? ::finger in air::

I've got it on my calendar and hopeully can make it to a mid-week Barfalo show in the middle of winter

http://bit.ly/TUuw7Z Gov’t Mule - Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA 10-31-2010 Gov’t Mule celebrated Halloween at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. Warren Haynes and company used the first set to cover The Who’s Who’s Next in it’s entirety. mp3@320 Tracklist Set 1 Baba O’Riley* Bargain* Love Ain’t For Keeping* My Wife* The Song Is Over* Getting in Tune* Going Mobile* Behind Blue Eyes* Won’t Get Fooled Again* Set 2 Steppin’ Lightly Broke Down On The Brazos No Need To Suffer Painted Silver Light Trane > Eternity’s Breath > St. Stephen Jam > When Doves Cry > Beautifully Broken > When Doves Cry > Beautifully Broken > Trane > with 3rd Stone From The Sun Tease Noisy Jam > Drums > Any Open Window Railroad Boy > Thorazine Shuffle Encore Going Out West’ http://bit.ly/TUuw7Z

http://bit.ly/YjZTgP Gov’t Mule - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA 10-31-2009 Chaos from the previous evening had yet to be stuffed back into the hole that it crawled out from. You could gauge the craziness of this year’s Halloween in several ways. One way was hop into the back seat of a cab early the next morning and find it filled with the putrid stink of an evening of over-indulgence and what appeared to be the remains of some spooky rice dish regurgitated in the vilest of manners. The cabby apologized in a heavy Indian accent saying, “Crazy night in the city man.†It’s the kind of evening you would imagine Mick Jagger and Keith Richards shared more than once in their heydays. I’m sure that the band members from Gov’t Mule had also danced with that kind of devil before, but you don’t hear about Danny Louis snorting his dad’s ashes cut with a line of coke. Sure, Warren Haynes is a stud on the guitar, but the ladies aren’t exactly tossing their panties at him like they did with Jagger. However, what Gov’t Mule lacked in quintessential Rolling Stones rock star unruliness they compensated for in their musicianship. It just made sense that Gov’t Mule covered the Rolling Stones when you listen to how deeply both bands are rooted in American blues and R&B. No, it was not quite the death defying genre leap heard at previous Halloweens, but their performance was well executed and Matt Abts take on “Shattered†was more fun than a barrel of monkeys! The setlist onstage gave away the trick before the treat. Someone had created it and then changed their minds. Instead of waiting to cover the Rolling Stones during the second set at the Tower Theater, they jumped right in and played the second set first. We were treated to 12 first time played Rolling Stones covers spanning from the classic 1971 album Sticky Fingers to 1978’s Some Girls, and all that was around and in between. Lending Gov’t Mule a hand was guitarist/vocalist Jackie Greene and saxophonist Steve Elson. The set they unveiled proved that all of the musicians onstage were capable of handling multiple duties. Haynes and Greene tackled the intricate Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood manner of weaving rhythm and lead guitar, while both clearly expressed their own stylistic flourishes. Greene took Keith Richards’ playing style and smoothed out the edges, while Haynes’ slide work was more a cross between Brian Jones and Ronnie Wood. Mule’s frontman was no Mick Jagger, and opener “Under My Thumb†lacked the song’s classic kick as the show took flight. Boundless pompous rock attitude and stage swagger did not suddenly emerge from the relatively subdued Haynes, whose first set was strongly played but found him staying out of the limelight while he let two of his bandmates strut their stuff. The haphazard beginnings fell away by the fourth song when Danny Louis traded spots with Greene for “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’.†Louis played a raw, gutsy guitar that was cranked full blast as he shimmied back and forth between Haynes and bassist Jorgen Carlsson. His Richards-like leg bends, power chords, and plethora of rock & roll faces were just the catalyst needed to get the Tower shaking. Greene was good for a backing vocal on “Angie,†as Haynes wrapped his patient tones around the chorus in his unique way of singing every word like each of us were a lone audience member and he was talking directly to us. Greene earned his keep on a majestic version of “Ventilator Blues†as he traded guitar licks with Haynes before switching gears to work the harmonica. The action shifted quickly as Louis traded trumpet blows with Greene’s harp and Elson’s sax. Louis’ hands never left the keys as they did a dirty dance that really knocked our boots around. By all accounts, it’s doubtful The Rolling Stones themselves sounded this good when they played the Tower in 2002. Gov’t Mule had teased “Play With Fire†the night before and they set aside their reggae take to keep the set steeped in the Stones’ classic rock sound. Greene’s added harmonies and Louis’ bravado on keys matched the hard-hitting bass pokes that Carlsson was tossing out. The Carlsson-era Mule has all the crudeness and excitement of the Allen Woody days without sounding like a step in reverse. The balcony was swaying and bouncing hard as Haynes steered us into “Paint it Black.†Drinks sitting on the edge of the balcony were actually sloshing in their cups. Haynes finished The Rolling Stones anthem with a simple shout to the audience, “This is what we call Mule-o-ween.†If only Abts had stepped back out for “Bitch†then that old outspoken lady of a song would have spread her legs wide and our costumed crowd would have charged right in. No matter, the second Haynes and Louis got their hands on “Brown Sugar†all was good as they faked an ending and gave us another round of house light flashes, arm waves, and sing-a-long (“I say yeah, yeah, yeah, WOOO!) to finish the set.By the middle of the first set all bets were off as Matt Abts ran out from behind his kit to play the role of Jagger on “Shattered.†Carlsson rotated into Abts’ spot on drums while Louis slapped the bass. Abts’ imitation of Mick Jagger was so fucking awesome that if you just caught one song all evening it should have been “Shattered.†Just seeing Abts do Jagger’s chicken strut back and forth across the stage in his tight white pants and black kneepads was priceless. Sure, his singing wasn’t perfect, but when he yanked a banana out of his crotch and sang, “Look at me, I’m in tatters,†we lost our shit. It was comedic and rocking all at the same time, and it showcased some seldom seen musical abilities within Abts, Carlsson, and Louis. The cheers started to dissipate as we wandered through a sea of red and white Phillies garb. Those who chose to put the game aside and live in the moment of the concert were the lucky ones. Gov’t Mule’s new album, By A Thread (released October 26 on Evil Teen Records), was fresh on the record shelves as Haynes and crew dug through six tracks, including an extremely inspired “Monday Mourning Meltdown.†This new bit of Gov’t Mule peculiarity featured everything from Louis’ jazzy key work to Haynes’ thickly textured, head-throbbing guitar. He extended a peaking jam in around the fifth minute of the song that made me wonder where his wild, howling Gibson guitar had been earlier in the evening. His left hand bent the strings as his right played out some acrobatic fly swats that set the jam on fire. It was the first real face-scrunch I had seen from his lion-like mug all night. “Going Out West†could have been spotted from miles away with its familiar, flamboyant sounding low end intro. Haynes’ Peter Gunn tease was just more candy in the bag as he pummeled costumed fans with the Spy Hunter theme song. The crowd that had been perched out in the hallways watching the game now raced back in for the colossal encore as a cover of T. Rex’s classic “Bang A Gong†launched us back into raucous Halloween fun. It wasn’t a Rolling Stones cover, but the Chuck Berry inspired ditty fit well inside that realm of inspiration that drove The Rolling Stones. The transition back into “Going Out West†rumbled as Gov’t Mule sent us out with a huge finale to another memorable Mule-o-ween filled with love and hope and sex and dreams. The extended intro to “Blind Man in the Dark†had a bit of a Dr. John “Walk on Guilded Splinters†echo, complete with Louis’ eerie, Thriller-like sound effects. This was the longest, most experimental jam of the evening, and even though its predecessors would be more talked about, it featured some of the best playing buried within its well-constructed walls. Abts switched the grip on his drumsticks and started a snazzy little shuffle on his cymbals as Louis and Elson worked out a stellar bit of bebop that ached to be a new fangled Peanuts theme song. The backset trio ripped the center of the song clear out and jazzed up the jam proper. - Jake Krolic mp3@256 Tracklist DISC ONE 1. Under My Thumb w/ Jackie Greene 2. Monkey Man w/ Jackie Greene 3. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 4. Can’t You Hear Me Knockin w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 5. Angie w/ Jackie Greene 6. Ventilator Blues w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 7. Shattered w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson (Matt Abts on Vocals, Danny Louis on Bass, Jorgen On Drums) 8. Wild Horses w/ Jackie Greene 9. Slave w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 10. Gimmie Shelter w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 11. Play With Fire w/ Jackie Greene 12. Paint It Black w/ Jackie Greene DISC TWO 1. Bitch w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 2. Brown Sugar w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 3. Steppin Lightly 4. Broke Down On The Brazos 5. Railroad Boy-> 6. Monday Mourning Meltdown-> 7. Forevermore DISC THREE 1. Frozen Fear-> 2. Brighter Days-> 3. Blind Man In The Dark w/ Steve Elson 4. Goin Out West w/ Jackie Greene 5. Bang A Gong w/ Jackie Greene & Steve Elson 6. Goin Out West w/ Jackie Greene http://bit.ly/YjZTgP